The Fall of the Rebel Angels with St Michael Fighting the Dragon

Neri di Bicci (in circa 1480)

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Angèle Tence asked

Godd morning,

I am a French PhD candidate preparing a conference on the predella by Neri di Bicci. Here are my questions :
Is the Neri di Bicci predella showing the Fall the the Rebel Angels in Rotterdam earlier than the very similar predella by Neri di Bicci in the Museum of National Art of Catalogne in Barcelona ? Do we have any informations about who commissionned the Rotterdam predella and when ?

Thank you very much for your help.

A. Tence
PhD candidate
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
ED 441 - HiCSA Histoire de l'art
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Angèle, I'm afraid we don't know the answer to either of your questions. We don't know anything about a commissioner and whether our predella was made before or after the one in Barcelona is also not known. What we know about the painting you can find in: Italian paintings 1300-1500, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans -van Beuningen 1993, nr. 21. Best, Friso Lammertse

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The Archangel Michael is ridding Heaven of the rebel angels and vanquishing his opponent Satan, who has taken on the form of a dragon. This kind of narrative scene is typical of the small paintings found below the depiction of a saint in a polyptych. The altarpiece to which this panel belonged is no longer known.

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Title	The Fall of the Rebel Angels with St Michael Fighting the Dragon
Material and technique	Distemper on panel
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 62,2 cm Height 21,3 cm
Artists	Painter: Neri di Bicci
Accession number	2540 (OK)
Credits	Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958
Department	Old Masters
Acquisition date	1958
Creation date	in circa 1480
Collector	Collector / D.G. van Beuningen
Internal exhibitions	The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017)
Material	Panel > Worked wood > Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Tempera > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe